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 abstract
A new device to help the blind see has been developed by
scientists. After a few days practicing people, who otherwise couldn’t see,
were able to make out shapes, read signs and even read letters. This
amazing new device may help people to interact with their environment in
ways never before experiences. It has replaced the technology of eye
transplantation to some extent. The only we need is to know how to
communicate with world with this device.
introduction
An electric lollipop that allows the blind to ‘see’ using their tongue has
been developed by scientists.
The machine is called the Brain Port vision device and is manufactured by
Wicab, a biomedical engineering Company.

It relies on sensory substitution, the process in which if one sense is damaged,

the part of the brain that would normally control that sense can learn to perform
another function.

About two million optic nerves are required to transmit visual signals from
the retina the portion of the eye where light information is decoded or translated
into nerve pulses to the brain’s primary visual cortex.
Working principle
Tasting device converts images captured by a tiny
camera into a series of electrical tingles, which can be felt on
the tongue. The tingles are then sent to the brain through
nerves which then converts the tingles into pictures. Nerves
then send these messages to the brain, which turn the tingles
back into pictures. The electric lollipop or Brain Port captures
images using a tiny camera and then converts the image into
tiny tingles on the tongue.
WHY KNOWN AS TASTING DEVICE ?
Other than normal use of tongue for tasting food, eating,
talking there are also many other uses. One of them is for
sensing of light. It is called as tasting because it can taste the
light and sense the objects. It is this property which is used in
brain port device.
How it works
With Brain Port, visual data are collected through a small
digital video camera.
Camera on the forehead captures the image & video
output is sent to a processor.
Processor translates output from camera into a pattern of
electronic pulses replacing the mechanism of retina.
Besides processing we can adjust the zoom level, intensity
of the image, shock intensity and can control the voltage level
here
The processor convert the image information to electronic
pulse and send it to electrode array
Array of electrodes a little over an inch square, stimulate
receptor cells on the surface of the tongue to the Brain i.e.,
Tactile or touch receptors on the tongue send impulses to the
somatosensory cortex in response to stimulation.
Our tongue senses the signal just like it sense the taste of
the food and send the signal to brain through nerves
 Parts of the device
Camera: It a small digital video camera about 1.5 centimetres in diameter
that sits in the center of a pair of sunglasses worn by the user.

Array of electrodes a little over an inch square stimulate receptor cells on

the surface of the tongue to the Brain i.e., Tactile or touch receptors on the
tongue send impulses to the somatosensory cortex in response to stimulation.

CPU: This unit houses such features as zoom control, light settings and
shock intensity levels as well as a central processing unit (CPU), which converts
the digital signal into electrical pulses replacing the function of the retina.
Why Only Tongue
The tongue is more sensitive than other skin areas. The tongue was the ideal
place to provide information through tactile stimulation. There is a high level of
nerve endings in the tongue, similar to a finger. And the tongue is constantly
moist, so there is constant electric conductivity
 conclusion
The BrainPort vision device allows users to directly and independently
perceive the environment in a novel way.
There is a hope that this device can make a serious difference for patients
whose sight cannot be replaced.
Thus we hope that blind people can also see this colorful world by using this
brain port device.
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